Energy Performance Certificates and Home Information Packs

Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate he has made of the number of  (a) energy performance certificates and  (b) home information packs that were purchased in the last 12 months.

John Healey: Information about the number of energy performance certificates (EPCs) lodged in England and Wales in both the domestic and non-domestic sectors is available on the EPC register website at:
	www.epcregister.com
	There is no central register for the number of home information packs however we estimate that 1.1 million home information packs have been produced during the period 1 July 2008 to 30 June 2009.